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Tim A. Osswald Juan P. Hernandez-Ortiz
Polymer Processing Modeling and Simulation
HANSER H~ser Publishers, Munich • Hanser Gardner Publications, Cincinnati
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
INTRODUCTION /'f'
1.1 Modeling and Simulation
1.2 Modeling Philosophy
1.3 Notation
1.4 Concluding Remarks
References
PART I BACKGROUND
1 POLYMER MATERIALS SCIENCE
1.1 Chemical Structure
1.2 Molecular Weight
1.3 Conformation and Configuration of Polymer Molecules
1.4 Morphological Structure
1.4.1 Copolymers and Polymer Blends
1.5 Thermal Transitions
1.6 Viscoelastic Behavior of Polymers
1.6.1 Stress Relaxation
1.6.2 Time-Temperature Superposition (WLF-Equation)
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1.7 Examples of Common Polymers 29
1.7.1 Thermoplastics 29
1.7.2 Thermosetting Polymers 31 1. 7.3 Elastomers 32 Problems 33 References 36
2 PROCESSING PROPERTIES 37
2.1 Thermal Properties 37
2.1.1 Thermal Conductivity 38 2.1.2 Specific Heat 43
2.1.3 Density 45
2.1.4 Thermal Diffusivity 51
2.1.5 Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion 51 (
2.1.6 Thermal Penetration 53 2.1. 7 Measuring Thermal Data 53
2.2 Curing Properties 59 2.3 Rheological Properties 63
2.3.1 Flow Phenomena 63 2.3.2 Viscous Flow Models 68
2.3.3 V~elastic Constitutive Models 75
2.3.4 Rheometry 85
2.3.5 Surface Tension 90 2.4 Permeability properties 93
2.4.1 Sorption 94
2.4.2 Diffusion and Permeation 96
2.4.3 Measuring S, D, and P 100
2.4.4 Diffusion of Polymer Molecules and Self-Diffusion 102 2.5 Friction properties 102
Problems 104
References 108
3 POLYMER PROCESSES 111
3.1 Extrusion 112
3.1.1 The Plasticating Extruder 113 3.1.2 Extrusion Dies 122
3.2 Mixing Processes 125
3.2.1 Distributive Mixin~ 128 3.2.2 Dispersive Mixing 129 3.2.3 Mixing Devices 131
3.3 Injection Molding 140
3.3.1 The Injection Molding Cycle
3.3.2 The Injection Molding Machine
3.3.3 Related Injection Molding Processes
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3.4.1 Fiber Spinning
3.4.2 Film Production
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3.5 Calendering 158
3.6 Coating 160
3.7 Compression Molding 163
3.8 Foaming 164
3.9 Rotational Molding 166 References 167
PART 11 PROCESSING FUNDAMENTALS
4 DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND SCALING 171
4.1 Dimensional Analysis 172
4.2 Dimensional Analysis by Matrix Transformation 174
4.3 Problems with non-Linear Material Properties 192
4.4 Scaling and Similarity 192
Problems 203
References 206
5 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN POLYMER PROCESSING 207
5.1 Balance Equations 207
5.1.1 The Mass Balance or Continuity Equation 208
5.1.2 The Matelial or Substantial Derivative 209 5.1.3 The Momentum Balance or Equation of Motion 210
5.1.4 The Energy Balance or Equation of Energy 217 5.2 Model Simplification 220
5.2.1 Reduction in Dimensionality 222
5.2.2 Lubrication Approximation 223
5.3 Simple Models in Polymer Processing 225
5.3.1 Pressure Driven Flow of a Newtonian Fluid Through a Slit 225
5.3.2 Flow of a Power Law Fluid in a Straight Circular Tube (Hagen-Poiseuille Equation) 227
5.3.3 Flow of a Power Law Fluid in a Slightly Tapered Tube 228
5.3.4 Volumetric Flow Rate of a Power Law Fluid in Axial Annular Flow 229
5.3.5 Radial Flow Between two Parallel Discs - Newtonian Model 230
5.3.6 The Hele-Shaw model 232
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5.3.7 Cooling or Heating in Polymer Processing 239
Problems 243
References 245
6 ANALYSES BASED ON ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS 247
6.1 Single Screw Extrusion - Isothermal Flow Problems 248
6.1.1 Newtonian Flow in the Metering Section of a Single Screw Extruder 249
6.1.2 Cross Channel Flow in a Single Screw Extruder 251
6.1.3 Newtonian Isothermal Screw and Die Characteristic Curves 255
6.2 Extrusion Dies-Isothermal Flow Problems 258
6.2.1 End-Fed Sheeting Die 258
6.2.2 Coat Hanger Die 261
6.2.3 Extrusion Die with Variable Die Land Thicknesses 263
6.2.4 Pressure Flow of Two Immiscible Fluids with Different Viscosities 264
6.2.5 Fiber Spinning 266
6.2.6 Viscoelastic Fiber Spinning Model 269
6.3 Processes that Involve Membrane Stretching 271
6.3.1 Film Blowing 271
6.3.2 Thermoforming 277
6.4 Calendering - Isothermal Flow Problems 278
6.4.1 Newtonian Model of Calendering 278
6.4.2 Shear Thinning Model of Calendering 285
6.4.3 Calender Fed with a Finite Sheet Thickness 287
6.5 Coating Processes 289
6.5.1 Wire Coating Die 289
6.5.2 Roll Coating 291
6.6 Mixing - Isothermal Flow Problems 295
6.6.1 Effect of Orientation on Distributive Mixing - Erwin's Ideal Mixer 295 6.6.2 Predicting the Striation Thickness in a Couette Flow System - Shear
Thinning Model 296
6.6.3 Residence Time Distribution of a Fluid Inside a Tube 300
6.6.4 Residence Time Distribution Inside the Ideal Mixer 301
6.7 Injection Molding - Isothermal Flow Problems 303
6.7.1 Balancing the Runner System in Multi-Cavity Injection Molds 303
6.7.2 Radial Flow Between Two Parallel discs 306
6.8 Non-Isothermal Flows 309
6.8.1 Non-Isothermal Shear Flow 309
6.8.2 Non-Isothermal Pressure Flow Through a Slit 311 6.9 Melting and Solidification 312
6.9.1 Melting with Pressure Flow Melt Removal 317 6.9.2 Melting with Drag Flow Melt Removal 319
6.9.3 Melting Zone in a Plasticating Single Screw Extruder 324
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6.10 Curing Reactions During Processing 330
6.11 Concluding Remarks 331
Problems 331
References 339
PART III NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES
7 INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL ANALYSIS 343
7.1 Discretization and Error 344
7.2 Interpolation 344
7.2.1 Polynomial and Lagrange Interpolation 345
7.2.2 Herrnite Interpolations 352
7.2.3 Cubic Splines 354
7.2.4 Global and Radial Interpolation 357
7.3 Numerical Integration 360
7.3.1 Classical Integration Methods 362
7.3.2 Gaussian Quadratures 364
7.4 Data Fitting 367
7.4.1 Least Squares Method 368
7.4.2 The Levenberg-MarquardtMethod 369
7.5 Method of Weighted Residuals 376
Problems 381
References 383
8 FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD 385
8.1 Taylor-Series Expansions 387
8.2 Numerical Issues 392
8.3 The Info-Travel Concept 393 8.4 Steady-State Problems 395
8.5 Transient Problems 409
8.5.1 Higher Order Approximation Techniques 422
8.6 The Radial Flow Method 428
8.7 Flow Analysis Network 439
8.8 Predicting Fiber Orientation - The Folgar-Tucker Model 443
8.9 Concluding Remarks 445
Problems 448
References 450
9 FINITE ELEMENT METHOD 453
9.1 One-Dimensional Problems 453
9.1.1 One-Dimensional Finite Element Formulation 454
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9.1.2 Numerical Implementation of a One-Dimenional Finite Element Formulation 458
9.1.3 Matrix Storage Schemes 464
9.1.4 Transient Problems 466
9.2 Two-Dimensional Problems 470
9.2.1 Solution of Po si ss on's equation Using a Constant Strain Triangle 470
9.2.2 Transient Heat Conduction Problem Using Constant Strain Triangle 474
9.2.3 Solution of Field Problems Using Isoparametric Quadrilateral Elements. 474
9.2.4 Two Dimensional Penalty Formulation for Creeping Flow Problems 479
9.3 Three-Dimensional Problems
9.3.1 Three-dimensional Elements
9.3.2 Three-Dimensional Transient Heat Conduction Problem With
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Convection 489
9.3.3 Three-Dimensional Mixed Formulation for Creeping Flow Problems 491
9.4 Mold Filling Simulations Using the Control Volume Approach 493
9.4.1 Two-Dimensional Mold Filling Simulation of Non-Planar Parts (2.5D Model) 493
9.4.2 Full Three-Dimensional Mold Filling Simulation 497
9.5 Viscoelastic Fluid Flow 502·
Problems 507
References 508
10 BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD 511 c
10.1 Scalar Fields 512
1O.l.1Green's Identities 512
1O.1.2Green's Function or Fundamental Solution 515
1O.1.3Integral Formulation of Poisson's Equation . 516
1 O.I.4BEM Numerical Implementation of the 2D Laplace Equation 518
1O.1.52D Linear Elements. 522
10.1.62D Quadratic Elements 525
1O.1.7Three-Dimensional Problems 528
10.2 Momentum Equations 533
10.2. 1 Green's Identities for the Momentum Equations 534
1O.2.2Integral Formulation for the Momentum Equations 534
1O.2.3BEM Numerical Implementation of the Momentum Balance Equations 536
1O.2.4Numerical Treatment of the Weakly Singular Integrals
1O.2.5Solids in Suspension
10.3 Comments of non-Linear Problems
10.4 Other Boundary Element Applications
Problems
References
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11 RADIAL FUNCTIONS METHOD 567
11.1 The Kansa Collocation Method 568 11.2 Applying RFM to Balance Equations in Polymer Processing 570
11.2.IEnergy Balance 570 11.2.2Flow problems 577
Problems 594
References 596
INDEX 597
INDEX
A abscissas, 364 accurate solution, 344 activation energy, 62, 65, 74 Adams-Bashforth,422 Adams-Moulton, 411, 422 Adams-Predictor-Corrector, 422 adsorption, 94 affinity coefficient, 96 agglomerate, 129 analytical solutions, 220, 247 annular flow, 229,258 approxlination, 344 area moment of inertia, 180 Arquimedes number, 205 Arrhenius equation, 372 Arrhenius rate, 62 Arrhenius relation, 198 Arrhenius shliX,65 Arrhenius, 97 aspect ratio, 222 assumption, xx atactic, 9 autocatalytic cure, 62 axial annular flow, 289 axial screw force, 186 axial screw length, 187
B backbone, 9
backward difference, 386 baffles, 185 balance equations, 207 balance
mass, 208 Banbury type mixer, 131, 133 banded matrices, 460 barrel diameter, 187 barrel surface, 324 barrel, 113
grooved,113 basis function
global,358 radial,358
basis functions, 345 radial,567
BEM 3D,528 boundary-only, 553 coefficients, 525 constant element, 521 direct method, 512 domain decomposition, 553 element, 520 Green's identities, 512 linear element, 522 mesh,520 momentum equation, 533 non-linear, 553 numerical implementation, 536
598 INDEX
numerical interpretation, 518 Poisson's equation, 516 quadratic elements, 525 residence time distribution, 556 scalar field, 512 suspensions, 544
Bingham fluid, 70, 264, 301 Biot number, 221, 243 bipo1ymer, 2,16 Bird-Carreau model, 70, 371 Bird-Carreau-Yasuda model, 70 blend, 16
homogeneous, 184 type, 126
blow molding, 111 BMC,163-164 bond angle, 9 bottle threads, 154 boundary element method, xix boundary elements, 511 Brinlanan number, xxiii Brinlanan Number, 180, 188 Brinlanan number, 196,202,223,248,322-323,427,
432,583 bubble removal, 167 bulk molding compound, 163-164
C calender, 160 calendering,158,278
floating roll, 285 Newtonian model, 278 shear thinning, 285
capillary die, 255 capillary number, 195 capillary viscometer, 86 cast film extrusion, 151 Cauchy momentum equations, 213 Cauchy strain tensor, 82 cell integration, 554 cell nucleation, 164 central difference, 386 channel depth, 187 channel length, 257 channel, 249 char, 62 characteristic curve, 117 characteristic values, 220 Chebyshev polynomials, 378 Chebyshev-collocation, 378 check valve, 146 chemical foaming, 165 chemical structure, 1 clamping force, 144 clamping unit, 140, 146
hydraulic, 146 closed cell, 164 closed discharge, 117, 250 co-extrusion, 112, 264 coat-hanger sheeting die, 123 coating, 160,289
normal stresses, 161 roll, 291
coefficient of friction, 102 cokneader, 137 collocation, 567
balance equations, 570 Kansa's method, 568
column buckling, 180 compressibility factor, 482 compression molding, 163 compressive stresses, 212 computation time, 464 conditionally stable, 411 conduction, 199,217,222 conductivity, 37-38
composite, 42 cone-plate, 87 configuration, 9 conformation, 9 connectivity' matrix, 459, 528 consistency index, 69,533 consistency, 392 constant strain triangle, 470 constitutive equation, xx, xxii, 310, 502 constitutive models, 207 contact angle, 91 continuity equation, 208 continuous mixers, 131 control volume, 493 convected Jeffreys model, 77 convected Maxwell model, 77 convected time derivative, 75 convection, 199,217,222 convergence, 401 conveying zone, 117,324 copolymer, 2
alternating, 16 block, 16 graft, 16 random, 16
copolymerization, 18 copolymers, 16 core matrix, 182 Couette device, 296 Couette flow, 207 Couette,87
striation thickness, 296 Coulomb's law of friction, 102 Crank-Nicholson, 411, 468, 571 creep, 25 critical buckling load, 180 cross channel, 252 cross-link, 4 cross-linkage, 18 cross-linked, 2, 24 crystal, 20 crystalline structures, 14 crystallinity, 11, 20
degree of, 263 degree, 20, 43
crystallization, 412, 418
heat of, 314 cubic splines, 354 cumulative residence time distribution function, 556 cure, 59
Castro-Macosko model, 63 degree of, 59 diffusion controlled, 62 heat activated, 59 mixing activated, 59 model, 62 phase, 60
curing, 59, 197,418 heat released, 364 processing, 330 rheology, 72
curtairl coating, 160
D Damkohler number, 199 data fitting, 367 Deborah number, 67 deformation dependent tensor, 82 degradation, 5 degree of crystallinity, 55 degree of cure, 74,364 delay zone, 324 delta functions, 376 density, 37,45, 187
measurement, 57 desorption, 94 deviatoric stress, 212-213 deviatoric stresses, 64 DiBenedetto's equation, 63, 331 die land, 261 die restriction, 252 die
characteristic curve, 117, 255 coat hanger, 261 cross-head tubing, 124, 262 design, 258 end-fed sheeting, 260 land thickness, 263 land, 258, 263 lip, 123 restriction, 250 spider, 124 spiral, 125 tubular, 124 wire coating, 289
dieseling, 493 differential scanning calorimeter, 54 differential thermal analysis, 54 diffusion, 51, 94 diffusivity, 38,51 dimensioanl analysis, 171 dimensional matrix, 178 dimensionless numbers, 172 dip coating, 160 Dirac delta function, 515 Dirac delta functions, 378 Dirichlet boundary condition, 454
INDEX 599
Dirichlet boundary conditions, 378, 477 discrete points, 345 discretization, 344 dispersion, xxi, 133, 138, 196 dispersive mixing, 129 displacement gradient tensors, 82 displacement vector, 458 divergence theorem, 512 divergence, xxv, 209 double-layer potential, 512 down channel, 252 drag flow, 249 drain diameter, 200 draw down ratio, 269 draw force, 274 drop oscillation, 182 droplets, 129 DSC, 54,364 DTA,54 dual reciprocity, 553 dynamic similarity, 201
E Einstein's formula, 551 Einstein's model, 75 elastic effects, 63 elastic modulus, 71 elastic shear modulus, 270 elastomer, 4, 24, 32 electron microscopic, 13 electron microscopy, 138 electronegativity, 12 element stiffness matrix, 458 element, 344
3D, 487 isoparametric, 474 prism, 487 serendipity family, 487 tetrahedral, 487 triangular, 471
elements, 454 elongation rate, 71 elongational deformation, 63 elongational viscosity, 71 end-fed-sheeting die, 258 energy balance, 217 energy equation, 248 enthalpy of fusion, 55 enthalpy of sorption, 97 equation of motion, 210, 213 equation
conservation, 207 error function, 239 error, 344
gross, 344 minimization, 368 truncation, 344
essential boundary condition, 457 Euclidean distance, 539 Euler number, 174 Euler's column buckling formula, 182
600 INDEX
Euler's equation, 180 exotherrnic energy, 59 exotherrnic heat, 418 exotherrnic reaction, 56 explicit Euler, 410, 468 extrapolation, 345 extrndate swell, 67 extrndate, 186 extrnder, xviii
channel flow, 251 co-rotating, 113 counter-rotating, 113 flow, 424 grooved feed, 118 mixing, 133 operating curve, 192 operating curves, 186 plasticating, 113 scaling, 195 tasks, 115 three-zone, 113
extrnsion die, 67, 122 extrnsion, 112
blow molding, 154 metering section, 249 profiles, 263 single screw, 248
F FAN, 439 FAN, 493 FEM
2D,470 3D, 487 b-matrix, 457 connectivity, 459 constant strain triangle, 470 control volume, 493 creeping flow, 479, 491 global system, 458 isoparametric element, 474 Maxwell fluid, 504 mixed formulation, 491 numerical implementation, 458 penalty formulation, 479 shear thinning, 484 viscoelastic, 502
fiber density continuity, 444 fiber orientation, 443 fiberspinuing,151,266
viscoelastic, 269 fiber-matrix separation, 485 fibrilitic strnctures, 13 Fick's first law, 94 filler, 45 filling pattern, 500 film blowing, 152,271 film production, 151 fin, 395 Finger strain tensor, 82 finite differences., 385
numerical issues, 392 finite elements, 453 finite strain tensors, 82 fitting parameter, 62 fitting, 367
Levenberg-Marquardt method, 369 five P's, xvii flash, 141 flex lip, 123 flow analysis network, 439 flow conductance, 236 flow density meter, 58 flow number, 556 flow parameter, 204 foaming, 164 Folgar-Tucker model, 443 force balance, 211 force vector, 458, 460 force, 12
dipole-dipole, 12 dispersion, 12 Van der Waals, 12 van der Waals, 94
forward difference, 386 Fourier number, 241, 412 Fourier transform, 516 Fourier's law, 37, 217 Fourier-Galerkin, 377 free volume, 13,18
equilibrium fractional, 62 ' freeze-line, 274 friction properties, 102 friction, 102 Froude number, 200 fundamental solution, 515
traction, 535
G Galerkin method, 376 Galerkin's weighted residual, 483 Galerkin-Bubnov,377 Galerkin-weighted residual, 503 Garlekin's method, 456 Garlerkin's method, 467 Garlerkin's weighted residual, 467 gate, 141, 149,307 Gaus-Seidel iteration, 401 Gauss integration, 484 Gauss points, 477 Gauss quadrature, 475 Gauss theorem, 512 gaussian quadratures, 364 Gaussian quadratures, 528 gear pump, 112 gel point, 62, 74 generalized Newtouian fluid, 235 generalized Newtouian fluids, 213 geometric variables, 172 Giesekus model, 77 glass fiber, 45 glass fibers, 163
glass mat reinforced thermoplastic, 163 global basis functions, 358 global interpolations, 357 global stiffness matrix, 460 globular regions, 14 GMT, 163 governing equation, xx gradient, xxiv
vector, xxiv Gram matrix, 357 GreenOs identities
momentum equations, 534 Green's first identity, 514, 534 Green's function, 515
common operators, 516 Green's identities, 512 Green's second identity, 515, 534 Green-Gauss transformation, 456 grid diffusivity, 413 grid Peclet number, 407 grid, 344, 348, 385 grooved feed, 118
H Hagen Poiseuille flow, 305 Hagen Poiseulle flow, 258 Hagen-Poiseuille equation, 227, 258 Hagen-Poiseuille flow, 261, 300 Hagen-Poiseulle flow, 207 heat of fusion, 43, 58,314 heat penetration thickness, 239 heat
released during cure, 59 heated die, 197 heating bands, 146 Hele-Shaw approximation, 399,473,477 Hele-Shaw model, 225, 232, 440, 494 helical geometry, 249 helix angle, 257 Henry's law, 94 Henry-Langmuir model, 96 holding cycle, 141 holding pressure, 141 Hookean solid, 68 hopper, 146 hydrodynamic potentials, 536 hydrostatic stress, 212
I ideal mixer, 301 immiscible fluid, 129 immiscible fluids, 264 implicit Euler, 410, 468 incompressibility, 208 induction time, 167 infinite-shear-rate viscosity, 70 info-travel, 393 injection molding, 140
cycle, 141 machine, 144 variations, 149
injection unit, 144 injection
blow molding, 154 co-injection, 150 gas-assisted, 150 isothermal problems, 303 multi-color, 150 multi-component, 150 thin-wall, 202
integration Simpson's rule, 364 trapezoidal rule, 364
internal batch mixers, 131 internal batch, 133 interpolating functions, 347 interpolation, 344
cubic spline, 354 global, 357 Hermite, 352-353 Lagrange,345,350 linear, 344-345 order, 347 polynomial, 345 radial, 357
isochronous curves, 495 isomers, 11 isoparametric element, 474,482, 488 isoparametric interpolation, 522 isotactic, 9 isothermal assumption, 248 isotropic material, 217
J Jacobi iteration, 401 Jacobian,370,476,526,532
determinant of, 477 J effery orbits, 544
K Kamal-Sourour model, 37'2 Kamal-Sourour, 62 Kissinger model, 372 kneading blocks, 131 knife coating, 160 knit1ines, 493 Kronecker delta, 212, 352, 502
L lag time, 100 Lagrange interpolation, 455 Lagrange, 347
interpolation, 347 laminar mixing, 128 land, 123 Laplace equation, 514
integral representation, 515 Laplace's equation, 494 Laplacian, xxv leakage flow, 250 least squares method, 368 Levenberg-Marquardt method, 369
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602 INDEX
LFT,163 linear viscoelastic models, 75 liquid crystal, 20 liquid, 18 Lodge rubber-liquid, 83 long fiber reinforced themoplastics, 163 lubrication approximation, 223, 319 lubrication
dynarnic,225 geometric, 224
lumped mass method, 222 lumped model, 221 Lyapunov-type,512
M macromolecules, 1 Maillefer screw, 121 mandrel, 154 manifold, 123, 258, 262
angle, 261 Mark-Houwink relation, 6 mass matrix, 468 master curve, 26 material degradation, 197 material derivative, 210 material displacements, 82 matrix storage, 464
bandwidth, 465 matrix transformation, 174 mean residence time, 198 mechanical foaming, 165 Meissner's extensional rheometer, 89 melt flow index, 7, 86 melt flow indexer, 86 melt fracture, 67 melt removal, 314
drag, 319 pressure, 317
melt, 249 melting point, 43, 157 melting zone, 118 melting, 312
extruder, 324 Newtonian,321 Power law fluid, 323 solid bed saturation, 324
membrane stretching, 271 memory effects, 66 memory function, 82 mesh, 385 mesomorphic, 20 metering zone, 121 MFI,86 mid point rule, 351, 363 midpoint rule, 346 MlNPACK,371 mixers
static, 131 mixing time, 184,205 mixing vessel, 200 mixing, 125,252
devices, 131 dispersive, 126 distributive, 126 head, 131 interruption, 296 isothermal, 295 Maddock, 137 twin screw extruder, 138
modelsirnplification,220 model, xvii
mathematical, xix physical, xvii
modeling of data, 367 modeling, 207 mold filling, 147,485,491
2.5 model, 493 3D, 497
mold, 140, 146 molding diagram, 141 molding
compression, 111 injection, 111,140 injection-compression, 150 rotational, 166
molecular architecture, 11 molecular structure, 1 molecular weight, 4-5
number average, 5 viscosity average, 5 weight average, 5
molecule non-polar, 12 polar, 12
momentum balance, 210, 213 momentum equations
integral formulation, 534 monomer,2 morphology, 12 moving substrate, 161 multi-component inJection, 112 multi-layered film, 96
N Nahme-Griffith Number, 188 Nahme-Griffith number, 309 natural boundary condition, 457 natural boundary conditions, 442 Navier-Stokes equations, 213 Neumann boundary condition, 454, 473 Newton's interpolation, 347 Newton's method, 554 Newtonian fluid, 68, 218, 262 Newtonian plateau, 69 Newtonian viscosity, 64 nip dimension, 162 node
fictitious, 397 nodes, 396, 454 non-isothermal flows, 309 non-isothermal, 247 non-linear viscoelastic models, 75
non-Newtonian material, 218 non-Newtonian viscosity, 63 non-Newtonian, 247 nonnal stress differences, 66 nonnal stress
coefficients, 66 differences, 270
nonnal stresses, 63, 65 notation, xxiv
Einstein, xxiv expanded differential, xxiv tensor, xxiv
nozzle, 146 nucleation rate, 314 numerical diffusion, 408 numerical integration, 360 Nusselt Number, 180
o Oldroyd's B-fluid, 77 open cell, 164 open discharge, 117 operating point, 255 order of maguitude, 220 over-relaxation techuique, 403 overheating, xxi
p paris on, 111 parison, 154 particular integrals techuique, 553 Pawlowski's matrix transfonnation, 178 Peclet number, 406, 485, 490, 574 penalty fonnulation, 479 perfect mixer, 301 period of oscillation, 184 penneability, 93, 100 penneation, 96 Petrov -Galerkin, 377, 489 Petrov-Garlerkin, 505 Phan-Thien-Tanner model, 77, 270 phase, 23
crystalline, 23 glassy, 23 isotropic, 23 nematic,23 smectic,23
physical foaming, 164 physical properties, 172 Pi-theorem, 172 pilot operation, xix pilot plant, 171 pipe, 124 Pipkin diagram, 68 plasticating uuit, 140 plug flow, 301 plug-assist, 158 point collocation, 376 Poisson's equation, 400, 470, 474, 512
integral fonnulation, 516 Poisson's ratio, 71
polydispersity index, 7 polymer, 1
amorphous, 12 blend, 126 crystalline, 20 filled, 41 mesogenic, 20 monodisperse, 6 processes, 111 reactive, 59 reinforced, 74 semi-cristalline, 13 semi-organic, 2 structure, 12
polymerization, 1 addition, 1 chain, 2 classification, 3 condensation, 2 degree, 5 step, 2 tank, 200
polynomial second order, 346
porous structure, 164 power consumption, 186 power law index, 69, 533 power law model, 69 power-law viscosity, 263 Prandtl Number, 180, 188 Prandtl number, 202 preferential flow, 487 pressure driven flow, 227 pressure drop, 195 pressure flow, 249
non-isothennal, 311 pressure, 213 process variables, 172 prolate spheroid, 544 pultrusion, 197 pumping pressure, 186 pumping zone, 115 pvT-diagram, 20,45,141
Q quadratures, 360 quadratures
gaussian, 364
R radial basis function collocation, 567 radial basis functions, 358 radial flow method, 428 radial flow, 230
non-Newtonian,306 radiative heaters, 158, 312 Raleigh disturbances, 204 ram extruder, 112 Rayleigh disturbances, 151 Rayleigh number, 553 REF
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604 INDEX
10,574 calendering, 586 energy equation, 570 flow problems, 577
reaction order, 62 recirculating flow, 252 relaxation time, 66, 77, 270, 507 relaxation, 24
time, 25 repeat unit, 9 residence time, 198
cumulative distribution, 301 distribution functions, 300 ideal mixer, 30 I tube, 300
residual matrix, 182 residual stress, 166 residual stresses, 197 residual, 376 retardation time, 77 Reynolds number, 171, 174 Reynolds Number, 180, 185 Reynolds number, 195, 199-200,202,234,553 RFM,567 rheology, 63 rheometer, 86
cone-plate, 87 Couette, 87 extensional, 87
rheometry, 85 roll coating, 160 rollers, 158 rolls, 279 rotational molding, 166 rotational speed, 184 RTD functions, 300
external, 300 Runge-Kutta,422 runner system, 147
multi-cavity, 303 runner
cold, 147 hot, 147
S saturation capacity constant, 96 scale-down, 172 scale-up, 171, 195 scaling factor, 196 scaling, 172, 192,220 Schmidt Number, 185 scope, xx screw channel, 121 screw flight, 187 screw speed, 187 screw, xviii
characteristic curve, 117 extruder, xviii mixer, xxi pump, xxii
second invariant, 64
secondary shaping operations, 150 self-diffusion, 102 series resistances, 222 shape functions, 455,467,475,503,522 shaping die, 112 shark skin, 67 shear flow
isothermal, 309 oscillatory, 78
shear modulus, 18, 20, 71 shear stress, xxii shear thinning, 63, 192,266, 301,484 shear-thinning, 14 shearfree flow, 78 shearing flow, 78 sheet molding compound, 163 shift factor, 26 shrinkage, 141,263,305 similarity, 192, 195
types, 195 simple shear flow, 258 Simpson's rule, 364 single-layer potential, 512 sink marks, 144 sketch, xx slenderness ratio, 180 slide coating, 160 slit flow, 225, 258 S11C,163,420,445 smooth surface, 521 solid agglomerate, xxi solid pellets, 324 solid, 18 solidification, 18,312 solids conveying zone, 113 sorption constant, 100 sorption, 94
equilibrium parameter, 94 sparce matrices, 461 specific heat, 37, 43, 55, 102, 187 specific volume, 48 spectral methods, 377 spherulite, 20 spinnerette, 266 spring-dashpot, 27 sprue bushing, 146 spurt flow, 67 square pitch screw, 249 stability, 392,411,424 Staudinger's rule, 6 steady shear flow, 78 Stefan condition, 320 stick-slip effect, 67 stirrer, 184 stirring, 252 Stokes doublet, 535 Stokes flow, 482 Stokes' equations, 534 Stokeslet, 535, 539 strain rate tensor, 64 strain rate, xxvi, 64
stress relaxation, 24 Stresslet, 535 striation thickness, 296 striations, 133 structure
defonned crystal, 14 shish-kebab, 14 single crystal, 14 spherulite, 14
substantial derivative, 210 successive over-relaxation, 401 surface tension, 90, 184, 268 surface
Kellog type, 524 Lyapunov type, 524
suspended particles, 544 suspension
rheology, 74,545 suspensions, 544 swell,67 symmetry,222 syndiotactic, 9
T tacticity, 9 Tait equation, 48 target quantity, 172 Taylor table, 388 Taylor-series, 387 Telles' transfonnation, 539 temperature, 18
crystallization, 58 glass transition, 18,20,55,58,97, 157 melting, 18,20,58 solidification, 18
tensile stresses, 211 tensiometer, 92 terpolymer, 2, 16 tetrahedral geometry, 9 TGA,57 thennal conductivity, xxii, 102, 187,239,248 thennal diffusivity, 314,412 thennal equilibrium condition, 221 thennal expansion, 47, 51, 56 thennal penetration, 53 thennal transition, 18 thennoforming, 111, 157,271,277
vacuum, 158 thennogravimetry, 57 thennomechanical, 56 thennoplastics, 2, 29 thennoset, 2, 24, 31 thennosetting resin, 197 thin plate splines, 569 threads, 131 time scale, 24 time to gelation, 330 time-temperature superposition, 5, 24 time-temperature-transfonnation, 61 TMA,56 toggle mechanism, 146
total stress, 212 transition zone, 113 transport phenomena, 207 trapezoidal rule, 364 tribology, 224 Trouton viscosity, 71 truncation error, 392 TTT diagram, 331 TTT,61 tube flow, 227 tubular film, 124 twin screw extruder, 113 twin screw
co-rotating, 139 counter-rotating, 140
u uncross-linked, 2 under-relaxation technique, 403 unidirectional flow, 225 up-winding, 408, 485 upper convective model, 77 upper-convective derivative, 503 upwinding, 489
v velocity gradient, xxvi viscoelastic stress, 503 viscoelastic, 24, 63, 247
behavior, 24 viscoelasticity, 66, 75
differential model, 75 integral model, 75
viscometer, 68 capillary, 86
viscosity elongational, 71 flow model, 68 kinematic, 184 reacting polymer, 74
INDEX 605
viscous dissipation, 196,217-218,239,248,309,426, 454,502,583
viscous friction, xxi viscous heating, xxii vitrification line, 62 volumetric throughput, 186 vorticity, xxvi vulcanization, 59
W warpage, 144 warpage, 166, 197,263 wear, 104 weighted average total strain, 556 weighted residuals, 376 Weissenberg numbers, 505 wetting angle, 91
projector, 91 White-Metzner model, 77-78, 270 Williams-Landel-Ferry, 26 wire coating, 112, 160, 289
606 INDEX
WLF equation, 26, 70, 500
y yield stress, 70
yield stress, 75 Young's modulus, 180
Z zero-shear-rate viscosity, 69